#F9E756#F9E756

#F9E756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.161 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F9E756
RGB	rgb(249, 231, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 65.5%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, -10.11, 70.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 70.74, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0341 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.161 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.3254, 77.9663, 20.1996)
Luminance	0.7796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F9E756 #5668F9

analogous

#F99556 #F9E756 #BAF956

triadic

#F9E756 #56F9E7 #E756F9

tetradic

#F9E756 #56F995 #5668F9 #F956BA

square

#F9E756 #56F995 #5668F9 #F956BA

split-complementary

#F9E756 #56BAF9 #9556F9

monochromatic

#CDB707 #F7DF1B #F9E756 #FBEF91 #FDF8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#F9E756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#F9E756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F9E756

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F9E756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F9E756	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f9e756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(249, 231, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.161 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffee8d',
    500: '#f9e756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f9e756;
$custom-light: #ffee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f9e756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 249,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.374,
    "s": 93.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91692,
    "c": 0.16141,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F9E756

secondary

#2A3CC9

accent

#19E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F9E756

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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